The whole review

Genuinely one of the best books I’ve ever read (besides Bijeli klaun, which I’ve read years ago and it still impacts me today).

For a while I couldn’t understand what Communism was and, even though they don’t outright say it is, I’ve finally learned (Excuse my ignorance, we’ve only brushed through it in class). 

Through a fable story perspective, it was easy to digest. I easily followed along even with such a deep topic.

All the animals wanted was freedom, which they thought for the longest time was right there, until the very end. From how the pigs at the started added milk and apples to their meals, “not because of selfishness”, but because, “Milk and apples (This has been proven by Science, comrades) contains substances absolutely necessary for the wellbeing of a pig”, adding with clear fear mongering, “do you know what would happen if we pigs failed our duty? Jones would come back!”, all the way to where the same pigs who “tried to do better for the animals” end up breaking “The Seven Commandments” and becoming the very thing they hated the most; a Man.

The fear mongering happened constantly: Snowball stole Napoleon’s idea and ruined the windmill, he was working for the men the whole time, constantly switching between farms he was hiding in to which Napoleon wasn’t on good terms with… How they switched the rules to fit their narratives/benefit themselves until it ultimately led to them devolving back into what they fought against at the start, how they treated people who basically gave their lives to them till the very end and how they brutally murdered any animal who spoke against them, made me think more of the modern world we live in. And even though this is a fictional story, it is based on real life events, have we changed?

This book was a 5 star read, I’ll recommend it to everyone, no matter what they’re into.

Knowledge is power!